When the bear puts his tail into the water through a hole in the ice, to try and catch a fish, the ice freezes around it, and he ends up pulling his tail off.

当熊把尾巴放到了湖面上的冰洞里面去钓鱼的时候，水在熊尾巴周围结冰了。熊使劲儿往外拔它的尾巴，结果把尾巴拔掉了。

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You cannot catch a fish without being near the water.

不靠近水就捞不着鱼。

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I am hungry, and now I cannot catch a fish. I shall eat your beak instead.

害得我一条鱼也没有抓到，你知不知道我很饿啊，我现在就要把你的嘴吃进肚子里去。

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Jeff Peters and Andy Tucker were now ready to catch a few fish on the hook.

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Dramatically. So that he went out fishing last summer and he didn't catch a single fish."

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After all a net that size might catch a few fish.

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Once in a while they do catch a few, but people fish day after day without a bite.

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Teach a girl that a fish is not a cow before showing her how you would catch it, rather than forcing her to eat the fish with a side of steak in an attempt to demonstrate the difference.

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